2015 Canadian Tire Lake Erie Open Official Results

2015 Canadian Tire Lake Erie Open October 10th, 2015 Official Results

On what couldn’t have been a more perfect fall day 75 boats with 150 of some of the best bass anglers from all over Ontario and New York blasted off from Chippawa, Ontario is search of some the giant and plentiful bass that Lake Erie and the Upper Niagara River have to offer. Despite a cold front moving in the night before, a calm lake Erie means that teams can access and move around from spot to spot with relative ease and cash in on the massive numbers or big bass that call Eastern lake Erie home. As the weigh in progressed it was very apparent that Erie did not disappoint. A total of 26 teams weighed in bags of their heaviest 5 fish in excess of 20 lbs which meant it was a complete shootout for the top positions. With the weights so close it was down to the last team weighing in before the winner would be declared. After the dust had settled Simon and Melanie Frost were raising the check above their heads. The husband and wife duo amassed a total of 25.23lbs to come out on top and add this win to an already impressive resume of tournament success. Simon and Mel finished the day $6700 richer. In a very close second place John Whyte and Matt Holland finished the day with 24.63lbs for $3250 and big fish honors with a 5.90lbs beast earning them an extra $1500 for a total of $4750. In third the duo of Matt Belzil and Jesse Stewart with 23.88lbs and a total of $2200.

This is the first year for the Canadian Tire Lake Erie open hosted by the St.Catharines Bassmasters and all involved are extremely pleased that the event sold out in the weeks leading up to the event with a long waiting list of some extremely talented anglers. This tournament is noted as “a tournament for the anglers” with the backing of Canadian Tire (Niagara Region Stores) and a solid lineup of sponsors including ATHENS PRINTING, SHIMANO CANADA, KAMOOKI, LIVE TARGET, PURE FISHING CANADA , LEWS, ROD GLOVE, ANGLERS CHOICE ,DIRTY PIG BBQ, NIAGARA OUTDOOR SHOW, SPRO, C-TOW NIAGARA, MOUNTAINVIEW HOMES. A total of over $24,000 in cash and prizes was awarded back to the anglers which totaled 146% of angler collected funds. Cash and or prizes were awarded to a total of 21 teams.

Winning Teams

PLACE, TEAM, # FISH, TOTAL WEIGHT, CASH, BIG FISH CASH, TOTAL WINNINGS,CONTINGENCY PRIZE
1 Simon Frost / Melanie Frost 5 5.11 25.23 $5,600.00 $6,700 SHIMANO CANADIAN TIRE
2 John Whyte / Matthew Holland 5 5.9 24.63 $3,150.00 $1,500 $4,750
3 Matt Belzil / Jesse Stewart 5 5.52 23.88 $2,100.00 $2,200
4 John Prokator / Kevin MacDonald5 5.75 23.76 $1,500.00 $1,600
5 Colin Hunter / Oliver Grigull 5 5.05 23.71 $1,200.00 $1,200
6 Neil Farlow / Tom Streek 5 0 23.7 $1,000.00 $1,000
7 Landon Klassen / Rick Besteman 5 5.46 23.29 $880.00 $880
8 Rob Campbell / Chris Buttigieg 5 5.06 22.74 $700.00 $200 $900 LEWS
9 Pete Bartonek / Morgan Cignini 5 0 22.58 $530.00 $530
10 Wayne Nelson / Chad Nelson 5 0 22.5 $350.00 $350
11 Mike Hauer / Drew Sokolowski 5 0 22.45 $290.00 $290
12 Danny Dunn / Victor Capobianco 5 5.29 22.41 $220.00 $220
13 Terry Monaghan / Tim Birch 5 0 22.28 $300 DIRTY PIG BBQ - 1ST OUT OF MONEY
14 Neil Deleeuw / Eric Farlow 5 0 21.93 $300 LIVE TARGET - 2ND OUT OF MONEY
15 Larry Mazur / Lisa Maly 71 5 5.37 21.92 $300 KAMOOKI - 3RD OUT OF MONEY
16 Josh Brouwer / Harry Brouwer 5 5.22 21.89 $150 SPRO - 4TH OUT OF MONEY
17 Matt Merla / Silvio Rea 5 0 21.71 $150 ROD GLOVE - 5TH OUT OF MONEY
20 Perry Poirier / Don Hogenkamp 5 5.42 21.4 $150 ANGLERS CHOICE
25 Kim Poirer / Roy Young 5 5.52 20.52 $150 NIAGARA OUTDOOR SHOW
30 Landon Wieske / Kevin Hordyk 5 5.11 19.76 $100 C-TOW NIAGARA
54 Dave Mack / Steven King 5 0 13.4 $1,500 PURE FISHING - MYSTERY WEIGHT
56 Walter Adams / Tyler McGill 5 0 13.25 $450 CANADIAN TIRE - SMALLEST 5 FISH LIMIT

Notables
• $500 Shimano Gift Card Contingency Prize for the top team wearing Shimano Hats on stage went to Simon and Melanie Frost
• $500 Canadian Tire Gift Card Contingency for top team spending $50 at CT went to Simon and Melanie Frost
• 2 Lews rods for the Top Team bringing a lews product to stage went to Rob Campbell and Chris Buttigieg
• $1500 Pure Fishing Mystery Weight prize was awarded to Dave Mack / Steven King who were closest to the weight (55% of winning weight) without going over.
• $450 Canadian Tire Prize pack for the smallest 5 fish limit went to Walter Adams / Tyler McGill


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This was an incredible event. Not only was the weather perfect and the lake on fire but everything from the launch procedure to the weigh-in was flawless. Best organised event I have been in this year. Conrats to Simon and Mel for the win.

Thanks to the St. Catherine's Bassmasters for an awesome day. Matt and I will be waiting for next years event to open for entry.